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Broca's Aphasi Article Analysis

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The article, “From Singing to Speaking: Why Singing May Lead to Recovery of Expressive Language Function in Patients With Broca’s Aphasia”, describes the newest developments in Melodic Intonation Therapy, a type of therapy that incorporates music and tapping in order to improve the speaking fluency of patients with expressive language difficulties - nonfluent aphasia. With this treatment, it has been reported that patients with severe broca’s aphasia are able to sing words that they usually are not able to speak. This type of therapy is catered to patients with large lesions in the left hemisphere of the brain but however has not yet produced solid results. This article explains the details surrounding therapy and results from a few experiments.
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